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Delete cookies in cherrypy

I am trying to delete or expire cookies in Cherrypy, but it does not seem to be working. this is how I try:

cookie[mykey]['expires'] = 0
cherrypy.request.cookie.clear()

After executing these lines of code, I still can see cookies and read them

Solution

  • According to official cherrypy document, in order to expire cookies in cherrypy, we need to re-create them in response and set expiry date and max-age

        cherrypy.response.cookie[key] = ''
    cherrypy.response.cookie[key]['expires'] = 0
    cherrypy.response.cookie[key]['max-age'] = 0

    I was altering cherrypy.request.cookie which will not have any effect on the cookies.